held up, took keen hold, some late headway inside final furlong, never in contention
made virtually all, raced against stands rail, clear 2f out, eased close home
tracked leaders, took keen hold, kept on same pace inside final furlong
prominent, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
held up, ridden over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, never nearer
led early, prominent, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
held up, ridden over 4f out, headway on outside over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
held up, took keen hold, pushed along over 2f out, headway over 1f out, stayed on to take 2nd inside final furlong, no chance with winner
held up, headway over 5f out, ridden to chase winner over 2f out, no impression, dropped to 3rd inside final furlong, kept on same pace
David O'Meara does superbly with horses that have just joined the yard and the former Peter Chapple-Hyam-trained DICK BOS looks a ready-made winner. He progressed nicely last season ending with a smooth success in a Windsor maiden so he doesn't look overburdened with a mark of 80 for his handicap debut. Mel Brittain's horses are going well and Steel Stockholder looks a big threat under a penalty for last week's Catterick victory. Ready completed a Lingfield double over this trip in November and probably just needed his run over a mile at Kempton last month while the old-timer Docofthebay is perfectly capable of adding to his eight career victories if in the mood and he generally performs at a higher level.
Clockmaker (IRE) 20-1 (8-13) Mid-division, headway over 1f out, never on terms, 9th of 12, 19l behind Kingscroft (8-9) at Musselburgh 7f hcp 0-95 (3) sft in Oct.
King Of Eden (IRE) 66-1 (9-1) Slowly away, always towards rear, 16th of 18, 21l behind Educate (9-8) at Doncaster 1m hcp (2) sft in Mar.
Docofthebay (IRE) 14-1 (9-4) Held up, effort over 1f out, not trouble leaders, 11th of 18, 10l behind Educate (9-8) at Doncaster 1m hcp (2) sft in Mar.
Dick Bos 2-1fav (9-3) Held up in touch, led over 1f out, kept on strongly, won at Windsor 6f mdn stks (5) sft in Oct beating Lupo D'Oro (9-3) by 4 1/2l, 16 ran.
Mississippi 7-2fav (9-4) Took keen hold, pressed leader, led over 4f out, ridden and headed inside final 3f, weakened 2f out, soon behind and eased, 6th of 9, 21l behind Shamir (9-8) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Sep.
Seattle Drive (IRE) 20-1 (9-1) In rear, headway 3f out, ridden and kept on one pace final furlong, 5th of 10, 7l behind Docs Legacy (8-11) at Doncaster 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) sft in Mar.
Ellaal 20-1 (9-6) Led, headed over 7f out, tracked leader, ridden to lead again over 2f out, headed entering final 2f, weakened final furlong, 8th of 13, 11l behind Lahaag (9-7) at Nottingham 1m 3yo hcp 0-85 (4) gs in Oct.
Steel Stockholder 9-2 (9-7) Tracked leaders early, soon lost place, headway on inner over 1f out, soon ridden, led entering final furlong, kept on well, won at Catterick 7f hcp 0-75 (5) gd beating Snow Bay (9-2) by 2 1/4l, 9 ran.
Showboating (IRE) 6-1 (8-12) Very slowly away, headway to rear of field over 4f out, ridden 2f out, not trouble leaders, 6th of 7, 3 1/2l behind Al's Memory (9-4) at Lingfield 7f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Mar.
Ready (IRE) 4-1 (9-2) In touch, under pressure over 2f out, headway over 1f out, never on terms, 5th of 6, 6l behind Prophets Pride (9-0) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Mar.
